* Every node has one name and one unique absolute path following the same * notational conventions as directories in a file system. The root node's * name is "", and other node name strings cannot contain the slash character * and cannot be empty. The root node's absolute path is "/", and all other * nodes' absolute paths are constructed in the standard way: <parent's * absolute path> + "/" + <node's name>. Since the set of nodes forms a * tree with the root node at its base, all absolute paths start with the slash * character. Every node has one relative path to each of its ancestors. The * relative path doesn't start with slash: it equals the node's absolute path * with leading substring removed corresponding to the ancestor's absolute path * and a slash. *
* Modification to preferences data may be asynchronous, which means that * preference update method calls may return immediately instead of blocking. * The {@code flush()} and {@code sync()} methods force the back-end to * synchronously perform all pending updates, but the implementation is * permitted to perform the modifications on the underlying back-end data * at any time between the moment the request is made and the moment the * {@code flush()} or {@code sync()} method returns. Please note that if the JVM * exits normally, the implementation must assure all modifications are * persisted implicitly. *
* When invoking a method that retrieves preferences, the user must provide * a default value. The default value is returned when the preferences cannot * be found or the back-end is unavailable. Some other methods will throw * {@code BackingStoreException} when the back-end is unavailable. *
** Preferences can be exported to and imported from an XML files. These * documents must have an XML DOCTYPE declaration: *
{@code
*
* }
* This system URI is not really accessed by network, it is only a
* identification string. Visit the DTD location to see the actual format
* permitted.
* * There must be a concrete {@code PreferencesFactory} type for every concrete * {@code Preferences} type developed. Every J2SE implementation must provide a * default implementation for every supported platform, and must also provide a * means of replacing the default implementation. This implementation uses the * system property {@code java.util.prefs.PreferencesFactory} to determine which * preferences implementation to use. *
* The methods of this class are thread-safe. If multiple JVMs are using the * same back-end concurrently, the back-end won't be corrupted, but no other * behavior guarantees are made. * * @see PreferencesFactory * * @since 1.4 */ public abstract class Preferences { /** * Maximum size in characters allowed for a preferences key. */ public static final int MAX_KEY_LENGTH = 80; /** * Maximum size in characters allowed for a preferences name. */ public static final int MAX_NAME_LENGTH = 80; /** * Maximum size in characters allowed for a preferences value. */ public static final int MAX_VALUE_LENGTH = 8192; //factory used to get user/system prefs root private static final PreferencesFactory factory = findPreferencesFactory(); private static PreferencesFactory findPreferencesFactory() { // Try the system property first... PreferencesFactory result = ServiceLoader.loadFromSystemProperty(PreferencesFactory.class); if (result != null) { return result; } // Then use ServiceLoader for META-INF/services/... for (PreferencesFactory impl : ServiceLoader.load(PreferencesFactory.class)) { return impl; } // Finally return a default... return new FilePreferencesFactoryImpl(); } /** * Default constructor, for use by subclasses only. */ protected Preferences() { } /** * Gets the absolute path string of this preference node. * * @return the preference node's absolute path string. */ public abstract String absolutePath(); /** * Returns the names of all children of this node or an empty array if this * node has no children. * * @return the names of all children of this node. * @throws BackingStoreException * if backing store is unavailable or causes an operation * failure. * @throws IllegalStateException * if this node has been removed. */ public abstract String[] childrenNames() throws BackingStoreException; /** * Removes all preferences of this node. * * @throws BackingStoreException * if backing store is unavailable or causes an operation * failure. * @throws IllegalStateException * if this node has been removed. */ public abstract void clear() throws BackingStoreException; /** * Exports all of the preferences of this node to a XML document using the * given output stream. *
* This XML document uses the UTF-8 encoding and is written according to the * DTD in its DOCTYPE declaration, which is the following: * *
* <!DOCTYPE preferences SYSTEM "http://java.sun.com/dtd/preferences.dtd">
*
*
* Please note that (unlike the methods of this class that don't concern
* serialization), this call is not thread-safe.
*
*
* @param ostream
* the output stream to write the XML-formatted data to.
* @throws IOException
* if an error occurs while exporting.
* @throws BackingStoreException
* if the backing store is unavailable or causes an operation
* failure.
* @throws IllegalStateException
* if this node has been removed.
*/
public abstract void exportNode(OutputStream ostream) throws IOException, BackingStoreException;
/**
* Exports all of the preferences of this node and all its descendants to a
* XML document using the given output stream.
* * This XML document uses the UTF-8 encoding and is written according to the * DTD in its DOCTYPE declaration, which is the following: * *
* <!DOCTYPE preferences SYSTEM "http://java.sun.com/dtd/preferences.dtd">
*
*
* Please note that (unlike the methods of this class that don't concern
* serialization), this call is not thread-safe.
*
*
* @param ostream
* the output stream to write the XML-formatted data to.
* @throws IOException
* if an error occurs while exporting.
* @throws BackingStoreException
* if the backing store is unavailable or causes an operation
* failure.
* @throws IllegalStateException
* if this node has been removed.
*/
public abstract void exportSubtree(OutputStream ostream) throws IOException,
BackingStoreException;
/**
* Forces all pending updates to this node and its descendants to be
* persisted in the backing store.
* * If this node has been removed, the invocation of this method only flushes * this node, not its descendants. *
* * @throws BackingStoreException * if the backing store is unavailable or causes an operation * failure. */ public abstract void flush() throws BackingStoreException; /** * Gets the {@code String} value mapped to the given key or its default * value if no value is mapped or no backing store is available. ** Some implementations may store default values in backing stores. In this * case, if there is no value mapped to the given key, the stored default * value is returned. *
* * @param key * the preference key. * @param deflt * the default value, which will be returned if no value is * mapped to the given key or no backing store is available. * @return the preference value mapped to the given key. * @throws IllegalStateException * if this node has been removed. * @throws NullPointerException * if the parameter {@code key} is {@code null}. */ public abstract String get(String key, String deflt); /** * Gets the {@code boolean} value mapped to the given key or its default * value if no value is mapped, if the backing store is unavailable, or if * the value is invalid. ** The only valid values are the {@code String} "true", which represents * {@code true} and "false", which represents {@code false}, ignoring case. *
** Some implementations may store default values in backing stores. In this * case, if there is no value mapped to the given key, the stored default * value is returned. *
* * @param key * the preference key. * @param deflt * the default value, which will be returned if no value is * mapped to the given key, if the backing store is unavailable, * or if the value is invalid. * @return the boolean value mapped to the given key. * @throws IllegalStateException * if this node has been removed. * @throws NullPointerException * if the parameter {@code key} is {@code null}. */ public abstract boolean getBoolean(String key, boolean deflt); /** * Gets the {@code byte} array value mapped to the given key or its default * value if no value is mapped, if the backing store is unavailable, or if * the value is an invalid string. ** To be valid, the value string must be Base64-encoded binary data. The * Base64 encoding is as defined in RFC 2045, section 6.8. *
** Some implementations may store default values in backing stores. In this * case, if there is no value mapped to the given key, the stored default * value is returned. *
* * @param key * the preference key. * @param deflt * the default value, which will be returned if no value is * mapped to the given key, if the backing store is unavailable, * or if the value is invalid. * @return the byte array value mapped to the given key. * @throws IllegalStateException * if this node has been removed. * @throws NullPointerException * if the parameter {@code key} is {@code null}. */ public abstract byte[] getByteArray(String key, byte[] deflt); /** * Gets the {@code double} value mapped to the given key or its default * value if no value is mapped, if the backing store is unavailable, or if * the value is an invalid string. ** To be valid, the value string must be a string that can be converted to a * {@code double} by {@link Double#parseDouble(String) * Double.parseDouble(String)}. *
* Some implementations may store default values in backing stores. In this * case, if there is no value mapped to the given key, the stored default * value is returned. *
* * @param key * the preference key. * @param deflt * the default value, which will be returned if no value is * mapped to the given key, if the backing store is unavailable, or if the * value is invalid. * @return the double value mapped to the given key. * @throws IllegalStateException * if this node has been removed. * @throws NullPointerException * if the parameter {@code key} is {@code null}. */ public abstract double getDouble(String key, double deflt); /** * Gets the {@code float} value mapped to the given key or its default value * if no value is mapped, if the backing store is unavailable, or if the * value is an invalid string. ** To be valid, the value string must be a string that can be converted to a * {@code float} by {@link Float#parseFloat(String) * Float.parseFloat(String)}. *
** Some implementations may store default values in backing stores. In this * case, if there is no value mapped to the given key, the stored default * value is returned. *
* * @param key * the preference key. * @param deflt * the default value, which will be returned if no value is * mapped to the given key, if the backing store is unavailable, or if the * value is invalid. * @return the float value mapped to the given key. * @throws IllegalStateException * if this node has been removed. * @throws NullPointerException * if the parameter {@code key} is {@code null}. */ public abstract float getFloat(String key, float deflt); /** * Gets the {@code int} value mapped to the given key or its default value * if no value is mapped, if the backing store is unavailable, or if the * value is an invalid string. ** To be valid, the value string must be a string that can be converted to * an {@code int} by {@link Integer#parseInt(String) * Integer.parseInt(String)}. *
** Some implementations may store default values in backing stores. In this * case, if there is no value mapped to the given key, the stored default * value is returned. *
* * @param key * the preference key. * @param deflt * the default value, which will be returned if no value is * mapped to the given key, if the backing store is unavailable, * or if the value is invalid. * @return the integer value mapped to the given key. * @throws IllegalStateException * if this node has been removed. * @throws NullPointerException * if the parameter {@code key} is {@code null}. */ public abstract int getInt(String key, int deflt); /** * Gets the {@code long} value mapped to the given key or its default value * if no value is mapped, if the backing store is unavailable, or if the * value is an invalid string. ** To be valid, the value string must be a string that can be converted to a * {@code long} by {@link Long#parseLong(String) Long.parseLong(String)}. *
** Some implementations may store default values in backing stores. In this * case, if there is no value mapped to the given key, the stored default * value is returned. *
* * @param key * the preference key. * @param deflt * the default value, which will be returned if no value is * mapped to the given key, if the backing store is unavailable, * or if the value is invalid. * @return the long value mapped to the given key. * @throws IllegalStateException * if this node has been removed. * @throws NullPointerException * if the parameter {@code key} is {@code null}. */ public abstract long getLong(String key, long deflt); /** * Imports all the preferences from an XML document using the given input * stream. ** This XML document uses the UTF-8 encoding and must be written according * to the DTD in its DOCTYPE declaration, which must be the following: * *
* <!DOCTYPE preferences SYSTEM "http://java.sun.com/dtd/preferences.dtd">
*
*
* Please note that (unlike the methods of this class that don't concern
* serialization), this call is not thread-safe.
*
*
* @param istream
* the input stream to read the data from.
* @throws InvalidPreferencesFormatException
* if the data read from the given input stream is not from a
* valid XML document.
* @throws IOException
* if an error occurs while importing.
*/
public static void importPreferences (InputStream istream) throws InvalidPreferencesFormatException, IOException {
if (istream == null){
throw new MalformedURLException("Inputstream cannot be null");
}
XMLParser.importPrefs(istream);
}
/**
* Returns whether this is a user preference node.
*
* @return {@code true}, if this is a user preference node, {@code false} if
* this is a system preference node.
*/
public abstract boolean isUserNode();
/**
* Returns all preference keys stored in this node or an empty array if no
* key was found.
*
* @return the list of all preference keys of this node.
* @throws BackingStoreException
* if the backing store is unavailable or causes an operation
* failure.
* @throws IllegalStateException
* if this node has been removed.
*/
public abstract String[] keys() throws BackingStoreException;
/**
* Returns the name of this node.
*
* @return the name of this node.
*/
public abstract String name();
/**
* Returns the preference node with the given path name. The path name can
* be relative or absolute. The requested node and its ancestors will
* be created if they do not exist.
* * The path is treated as relative to this node if it doesn't start with a * slash, otherwise it will be treated as an absolute path. *
* * @param path * the path name of the requested preference node. * @return the requested preference node. * @throws IllegalStateException * if this node has been removed. * @throws IllegalArgumentException * if the path name is invalid. * @throws NullPointerException * if the given path is {@code null}. */ public abstract Preferences node(String path); /** * Returns whether the preference node with the given path name exists. The * path is treated as relative to this node if it doesn't start with a slash, * otherwise it is treated as an absolute path. ** Please note that if this node has been removed, an invocation of this * node will throw an {@code IllegalStateException} unless the given path is * an empty string, which will return {@code false}. *
* * @param path * the path name of the preference node to query. * @return {@code true}, if the queried preference node exists, {@code false} * otherwise. * @throws IllegalStateException * if this node has been removed and the path is not an empty * string. * @throws IllegalArgumentException * if the path name is invalid. * @throws NullPointerException * if the given path is {@code null}. * @throws BackingStoreException * if the backing store is unavailable or causes an operation * failure. */ public abstract boolean nodeExists(String path) throws BackingStoreException; /** * Returns the parent preference node of this node or {@code null} if this * node is the root node. * * @return the parent preference node of this node. * @throws IllegalStateException * if this node has been removed. */ public abstract Preferences parent(); /** * Adds a new preference to this node using the given key and value or * updates the value if a preference with the given key already exists. * * @param key * the preference key to be added or updated. * @param value * the preference value for the given key. * @throws NullPointerException * if the given key or value is {@code null}. * @throws IllegalArgumentException * if the given key's length is bigger than {@code * MAX_KEY_LENGTH} or the value's length is bigger than {@code * MAX_VALUE_LENGTH}. * @throws IllegalStateException * if this node has been removed. */ public abstract void put(String key, String value); /** * Adds a new preference with a {@code boolean} value to this node using the * given key and value or updates the value if a preference with the given * key already exists. * * @param key * the preference key to be added or updated. * @param value * the preference {@code boolean} value for the given key. * @throws NullPointerException * if the given key is {@code null}. * @throws IllegalArgumentException * if the given key's length is bigger than {@code * MAX_KEY_LENGTH}. * @throws IllegalStateException * if this node has been removed. */ public abstract void putBoolean(String key, boolean value); /** * Adds a new preference to this node using the given key and the string * form of the given value or updates the value if a preference with the * given key already exists. ** The string form of the value is the Base64-encoded binary data of the * given byte array. The Base64 encoding is as defined in RFC 2045, section 6.8. *
* * @param key * the preference key to be added or updated. * @param value * the preference value for the given key. * @throws NullPointerException * if the given key or value is {@code null}. * @throws IllegalArgumentException * if the given key's length is bigger than {@code * MAX_KEY_LENGTH} or value's length is bigger than three * quarters of {@code MAX_KEY_LENGTH}. * @throws IllegalStateException * if this node has been removed. */ public abstract void putByteArray(String key, byte[] value); /** * Adds a new preference to this node using the given key and {@code double} * value or updates the value if a preference with the * given key already exists. ** The value is stored in its string form, which is the result of invoking * {@link Double#toString(double) Double.toString(double)}. *
* * @param key * the preference key to be added or updated. * @param value * the preference value for the given key. * @throws NullPointerException * if the given key is {@code null}. * @throws IllegalArgumentException * if the given key's length is bigger than {@code * MAX_KEY_LENGTH}. * @throws IllegalStateException * if this node has been removed. */ public abstract void putDouble(String key, double value); /** * Adds a new preference to this node using the given key and {@code float} * value or updates the value if a preference with the * given key already exists. ** The value is stored in its string form, which is the result of invoking * {@link Float#toString(float) Float.toString(float)}. *
* * @param key * the preference key to be added or updated. * @param value * the preference value for the given key. * @throws NullPointerException * if the given key is {@code null}. * @throws IllegalArgumentException * if the given key's length is bigger than {@code * MAX_KEY_LENGTH}. * @throws IllegalStateException * if this node has been removed. */ public abstract void putFloat(String key, float value); /** * Adds a new preference to this node using the given key and {@code int} * value or updates the value if a preference with the * given key already exists. ** The value is stored in its string form, which is the result of invoking * {@link Integer#toString(int) Integer.toString(int)}. *
* * @param key * the preference key to be added or updated. * @param value * the preference value for the given key. * @throws NullPointerException * if the given key is {@code null}. * @throws IllegalArgumentException * if the given key's length is bigger than {@code * MAX_KEY_LENGTH}. * @throws IllegalStateException * if this node has been removed. */ public abstract void putInt(String key, int value); /** * Adds a new preference to this node using the given key and {@code long} * value or updates the value if a preference with the * given key already exists. ** The value is stored in its string form, which is the result of invoking * {@link Long#toString(long) Long.toString(long)}. *
* * @param key * the preference key to be added or updated. * @param value * the preference value for the given key. * @throws NullPointerException * if the given key is {@code null}. * @throws IllegalArgumentException * if the given key's length is bigger than {@code * MAX_KEY_LENGTH}. * @throws IllegalStateException * if this node has been removed. */ public abstract void putLong(String key, long value); /** * Removes the preference mapped to the given key from this node. * * @param key * the key of the preference to be removed. * @throws NullPointerException * if the given key is {@code null}. * @throws IllegalStateException * if this node has been removed. */ public abstract void remove(String key); /** * Removes this preference node with all its descendants. The removal won't * necessarily be persisted until the method {@code flush()} is invoked. * * @throws BackingStoreException * if the backing store is unavailable or causes an operation * failure. * @throws IllegalStateException * if this node has been removed. * @throws UnsupportedOperationException * if this is a root node. */ public abstract void removeNode() throws BackingStoreException; /** * Registers a {@code NodeChangeListener} instance for this node, which will * handle {@code NodeChangeEvent}s. {@code NodeChangeEvent}s will be fired * when a child node has been added to or removed from this node. * * @param ncl * the listener to be registered. * @throws NullPointerException * if the given listener is {@code null}. * @throws IllegalStateException * if this node has been removed. */ public abstract void addNodeChangeListener(NodeChangeListener ncl); /** * Registers a {@code PreferenceChangeListener} instance for this node, * which will handle {@code PreferenceChangeEvent}s. {@code * PreferenceChangeEvent}s will be fired when a preference has been added * to, removed from, or updated for this node. * * @param pcl * the listener to be registered. * @throws NullPointerException * if the given listener is {@code null}. * @throws IllegalStateException * if this node has been removed. */ public abstract void addPreferenceChangeListener (PreferenceChangeListener pcl); /** * Removes the given {@code NodeChangeListener} instance from this node. * * @param ncl * the listener to be removed. * @throws IllegalArgumentException * if the given listener is {@code null}. * @throws IllegalStateException * if this node has been removed. */ public abstract void removeNodeChangeListener (NodeChangeListener ncl); /** * Removes the given {@code PreferenceChangeListener} instance from this * node. * * @param pcl * the listener to be removed. * @throws IllegalArgumentException * if the given listener is {@code null}. * @throws IllegalStateException * if this node has been removed. */ public abstract void removePreferenceChangeListener (PreferenceChangeListener pcl); /** * Synchronizes the data of this preference node and its descendants with * the back-end preference store. Any changes found in the back-end data * should be reflected in this node and its descendants, and at the same * time any local changes to this node and descendants should be persisted. * * @throws BackingStoreException * if the backing store is unavailable or causes an operation * failure. * @throws IllegalStateException * if this node has been removed. */ public abstract void sync() throws BackingStoreException; /** * Returns the system preference node for the package of the given class. * The absolute path of the returned node is one slash followed by the given * class's full package name, replacing each period character ('.') with * a slash. For example, the absolute path of the preference associated with * the class Object would be "/java/lang". As a special case, the unnamed * package is associated with a preference node "/<unnamed>". This * method will create the node and its ancestors as needed. Any nodes created * by this method won't necessarily be persisted until the method {@code * flush()} is invoked. * * @param c * the given class. * @return the system preference node for the package of the given class. * @throws NullPointerException * if the given class is {@code null}. */ public static Preferences systemNodeForPackage (Class c) { return factory.systemRoot().node(getNodeName(c)); } /** * Returns the root node of the system preference hierarchy. * * @return the system preference hierarchy root node. */ public static Preferences systemRoot() { return factory.systemRoot(); } /** * Returns the user preference node for the package of the given class. * The absolute path of the returned node is one slash followed by the given * class's full package name, replacing each period character ('.') with * a slash. For example, the absolute path of the preference associated with * the class Object would be "/java/lang". As a special case, the unnamed * package is associated with a preference node "/<unnamed>". This * method will create the node and its ancestors as needed. Any nodes created * by this method won't necessarily be persisted until the method {@code * flush()} is invoked. * * @param c * the given class. * @return the user preference node for the package of the given class. * @throws NullPointerException * if the given class is {@code null}. */ public static Preferences userNodeForPackage (Class c) { return factory.userRoot().node(getNodeName(c)); } //parse node's absolute path from class instance private static String getNodeName(Class c){ Package p = c.getPackage(); if (p == null){ return "/